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Kevin Garnett never wanted to leave Minnesota when the Timberwolves traded him to Boston nearly eight years ago, never wanted to jump from a sinking Celtics ship before Paul Pierce convinced him to follow him to Brooklyn two years ago. And he sure didn't feel great about uprooting his family in the middle of a season when the prospects first arose to return to his beloved 'Sota last week. Sitting at his Malibu home over the All-Star break, the only true superstar in Wolves history thought long and hard about what that move would mean. He thought about mentoring Ricky Rubio and Andrew Wiggins. He thought about going back to the state where he was drafted and where he met his...

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Kevin Garnett never wanted to leave Minnesota when the Timberwolves traded him to Boston nearly eight years ago, never wanted to jump from a sinking Celtics ship before Paul Pierce convinced him to follow him to Brooklyn two years ago. And he sure...

MINNEAPOLIS After a seven-year hiatus that took him to Boston and Brooklyn, Kevin Garnett was back where he started Tuesday, at Target Center as a member of the Timberwolves. Garnett, 38, was introduced to the media Tuesday following last week's...

The boos were raining down on Kevin Love and his 3-pointer wasn't falling in the building he used to call home. On nights like this in his six years in Minnesota, Love had no one to turn to for help. In Cleveland, he has LeBron James, and the best...

Kevin Love expected to be booed by Timberwolves fans in his first game back in Minnesota since he was traded to Cleveland last summer. Wolves fans obliged on Saturday night in a 106-90 win for the Cavaliers. He said he wished the franchise would have been...

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Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Garnett said he is interested in owning the Minnesota Timberwolves some day, Yahoo Sports reported.
“I want to buy the Timberwolves. Put a group together and perhaps some day try to buy the team. That's what I want,” Garnett...

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Kevin Love isn't much of a defensive player. He commits too many fouls. And he tends to get hurt a lot.
Gee, if that's how Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor feels about his former star player, why did he want to keep Love so badly before finally...

Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor told the St. Paul Pioneer Press that All-Star power forward Kevin Love likely will be traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers by Aug. 24.
Aug. 23 is the first day Cavaliers rookie Andrew Wiggins is eligible to be traded...